David Van Couvering (JIRA) wrote:
[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1376?page=comments#action_12415060 ]
David Van Couvering commented on DERBY-1376:
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I like Halley's recommendation, but I would suggest that providing the format
Halley suggests may be difficult given our current message framework (that is,
provide a message with multiple lines). It might be sufficient to say
I also like the Halley's recommendation. Another approach to help the
users understand errors better might be to document the errors and
explain in more deatail what would be possible causes/solutions for a
particular error.
Log directory {0} exists. The directory may belong to another database. Please make sure the specified logDevice location is correct.
I like this one, it is more clear.
(I do like to say "please", it doesn't hurt to be polite to our users).
Also, it would be helpful to say *where* you specify logDevice (e.g. "please make
sure the derby.foo.logDevice property is set to the correct location.")
I think additional explanation is not really required. User will see
this error only when the s/he uses the logDevice attribute on the URL.
Thanks
-suresh
